Many of the Austerity Plans Have Already Been Taken Off the Table: Is that Public Transport Strike Still Necessary?
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Algemeen Dagblad
Trade unions FNV and CNV are bringing public transport to a standstill on Wednesday due to the cabinet's austerity plans regarding social security. However, many of those plans have already been scrapped or watered down. Is this drastic public transport strike still necessary, then? Political reporter Hans van Soest answers six questions.
Why Is All Public Transport at a Standstill on Wednesday? ‘Our Social System Must Not Be Undermined’
The cabinet wants to cut 6.5 billion euros from social security. The unions oppose this. Therefore, in the run-up to Prinsjesdag, they are staging protests throughout the country and in various sectors.
Zwolle will not be accessible by public transport this coming Wednesday, September 9. On that day, the trade unions CNV and FNV are organizing a nationwide public transport strike. ... Read more
Various music venues and theaters in the Netherlands have alerted visitors to events taking place on Wednesday about the nationwide public transport strike that day. Trade union FNV has announced it will stop work for the entire day in protest against the cabinet's plans to cut social security...
Due to the nationwide public transport strike, no trains, trams, or buses will be running through our city on Wednesday either. The strike has been called by the trade unions CNV and FNV as a protest against cuts to social security. Just like in our city, public transport is not running in the rest of the country either. Trade unions FNV and CNV are calling on employees to stop working that day.
Due to a 24-hour strike in public transport in the Netherlands, no trains will run between Brussels and Amsterdam on Wednesday either.
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